MACGILLIVKAY 'S COLLARED PARRAKEET 



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The Western Collared Parrakeet. 



Barnardius occidentalis. 



West and North-west Australia. 



Very similar to B. zonarius, but with light blue cheeks instead of 

 dark, the greater extent of the lemon-yellow of the lower portion of 

 the breast, and the whole of the abdomen as far as the vent, the chest, 

 back, wings and scapulars verditer-green instead of dark green, and no 

 narrow black band below the collar. 



Macgillivray's Collared Parrakeet. 



Barnardius macgillivrayi. 



Northern Australia, south of Gulf of Carpentaria. 



Very similar to B. occidentalis, but has the head almost uniform in 

 colour with the upper parts, instead of blackish-brown as in that species. 

 Verditer-green above, the feathers of the occiput, hind neck, and back 

 broadly edged with green, and the centre of those on the lower back 

 shaded with yellow; primaries and their coverts black; outer webs blue; 

 two central tail feathers green; cheeks and a ring of feathers round the 

 eye blue; the collar on the nape and a broad band on the lower breast 

 yellow. Total length of skin 13.5 inches, wing 6.4, tail 7.2, bill from 

 forehead 0.8, tarsus 0.8. 



These birds are fairly plentiful in the district named, and 

 are often seen near Cloncurry. 



Genus Psepliotus. 



Key to the Species. 

 Abdomen red. 

 a'. Forehead and cheeks blue. 



a". Median wing-coverts red ; smaller wing-coverts 



verditer-green ; under tail-coverts red. 

 b" Median wing-coverts brown-olive; smaller wing- 

 coverts blue; under tail-coverts yellow, 

 sometimes tinged with red. 

 b'. Forehead and cheeks not blue, 

 c". Rump blue. 



a"'- Median wing-coverts with a red patch, 

 frontal band red. 

 b""- Median wing-coverts with a yellow 

 patch, frontal band pale yellow, 

 d"- Rump green, with a pale green cross-band, 

 frontal band bright yellow, a spot in the occiput 

 and another on the middle of the upper tail- 

 coverts brown-red. 

 Abdomen yellow, rump red. 



P. liEematorrhous. 

 P. xanthorrhous. 



P. pulcherrimus. 

 P. chrysopterygius 



multicolor. 

 hEematonotus- 



